"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Displeased at ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • In time ( ঠিক সময়ে ) He reached the station in time.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • by dint of ( ফলে (সাধারণত বল প্রয়োগের ফলে) )
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.